The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Five Years at Roast, a group exhibition featuring the artwork of Linda Abadjian, Carole J. Amodeo, Pam Brewer-Varacek, Ana Castro, JoAnne Dumas, Kristen Hadjoglou, Claudia Mirzaali, Eric Murphy, Caitlyn Shea, Ted Stamatelos, Rasa Valiene, Courtney Young, and Chris Zec. These select artists have shown their artwork at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. between 2013 and 2018 and have been invited to celebrate PAC’s five-year anniversary of presenting artwork at Roast. The exhibition is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at the Patchogue Arts Gallery from March 10 – April 22, 2018 with a reception on Saturday, March 10, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.

In 2013 Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Company opened its walls to the Patchogue Arts Council, inviting PAC members to exhibit their artwork. Five years later, we celebrate the partnership of the Patchogue Arts Council and Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Company by inviting a selection of artists who exhibited at Roast to participate in this retrospective exhibition. In addition, a companion retrospective exhibition, Five Years Later: A Retrospective, featuring the artwork of Linda Abadjian, Carole J. Amodeo, Ana Castro, JoAnne Dumas, Kristen Hadjoglou, and Chris Zec is on view at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. from March 10 – April 29, 2018 with a reception on March 10, from 4:00 – 5:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.

ABOUT THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL –The Patchogue Arts Council was formed to encourage, support, and promote the arts while aiding in the revitalization and sustainability of the community. The Patchogue Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose focus is to serve the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council is located at 20 Terry St., Suite 116, Patchogue NY. For more information visit www.patchoguearts.org, call 631-627-8686, or email info@patchoguearts.org.

The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Five Years Later: A Retrospective, a group exhibition featuring the artwork of Linda Abadjian, Carole J. Amodeo, Ana Castro, JoAnne Dumas, Kristen Hadjoglou, and Chris Zec. These select artists have shown their artwork at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. between 2013 and 2018 and have been invited back to celebrate our five-year anniversary of presenting artwork at Roast. The exhibition is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. from March 10 – April 29, 2018 with a reception on Saturday, March 10, from 4:00 – 5:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.

In 2013 Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Company opened its walls to the Patchogue Arts Council, inviting PAC members to exhibit their artwork. Five years later, we celebrate the relationship of the Patchogue Arts Council and Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Company by inviting a selection of artists who exhibited at Roast during the last five years. The exhibition is a companion to the 2018 exhibition Five Years at Roast, featuring the artwork of Linda Abadjian, Carole J. Amodeo, Pam Brewer-Varacek, Ana Castro, JoAnne Dumas, Kristen Hadjoglou, Claudia Mirzaali, Eric Murphy, Caitlyn Shea, Ted Stamatelos, Rasa Valiene, Courtney Young, and Chris Zec. This exhibition is on view at the Patchogue Arts Gallery from March 10 – April 22, 2017 with a reception on Saturday, March 10, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.

ABOUT THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL –The Patchogue Arts Council was formed to encourage, support, and promote the arts while aiding in the revitalization and sustainability of the community. The Patchogue Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose focus is to serve the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council is located at 20 Terry St., Suite 116, Patchogue NY. For more information visit www.patchoguearts.org, call 631-627-8686, or email info@patchoguearts.org.

The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present People & Places, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of Gwen Meyerson. The artist paints urban scenes in oils and acrylics that capture vibrate street scenes, bustling storefronts, and a variety of architectural details. The exhibition is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts from March 4 – April 29, 2018. The exhibition is open to the public during the theatre’s hours of operation.

Gwen Meyerson is a fine artist from Queens, NY. She received a BA magna cum laude from Queens College and an MFA from Florida State University. She has also studied at Sir John Cass School of Art in London and the New York Studio School in New York City. Her artwork has been exhibited nationally, with select exhibitions at the JAG Art Gallery in Lambertville, NJ; BJ Spoke Gallery in Huntington, NY; and Greenpoint Art Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.

ABOUT THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL – The Patchogue Arts Council, Inc., was formed to encourage, support, and promote the arts while aiding in the revitalization and sustainability of the community. The Patchogue Arts Council, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose focus is to serve the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council is located at 20 Terry St., Suite 116, Patchogue NY. For more information visit www.patchoguearts.org, call 631-627-8686, or email info@patchoguearts.org

The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Gargoyles, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of Ana Castro. The exhibition is a series of gargoyle prints using multiple techniques including intaglio, woodcut, and linoleum. The exhibition is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. from January 14 to March 4, 2018 with a reception on Sunday, January 21, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.

Ana Castro is a fine artist from Patchogue, NY. She received a BA in Studio Art and Art History from Stony Brook University in 2014. She is attending CUNY Queens College to receive her Masters in Art Education. She participated in Gallery North’s 2016 Summer ArtVentures program and offers open printmaking sessions and introductory printmaking courses for children at Gallery North’s Community Art Center. Her artwork has been exhibited at the Patchogue Arts Gallery, Gallery North, and Greenpoint Gallery.

The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Varieties of Experience, a group exhibition curated by John Cino. The exhibition will feature works by Faith Ringgold, Howardena Pindell, 2004 MacArthur Fellow Aminah Robinson, Emma Amos, Robert Carter, Emmett Wigglesworth, Ramona Candy, David Byre-Tyre and others as well as works from the collection of Robert Carter. The exhibition will be on view at the Patchogue Arts Gallery from Saturday January 13 and runs through Sunday, February 25, 2018, with an opening reception on Saturday, January 13 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

Art often reflects human emotions, experiences, and realities through individual interpretations. Racial bias can become a catalyst for creating works that provoke thoughts and discourse. The artist can choose to respond personally, historically, or politically to reflect, initiate change, invoke emotion, or celebrate heritage. Varieties of Experience includes Faith Ringgold, Howardena Pindell, 2004 MacArthur Fellow Aminah Robinson, Emma Amos, Robert Carter, Emmett Wigglesworth, Ramona Candy, David Byre-Tyre and others as well as works from the collection of Robert Carter. Varieties of Experience opens Saturday January 13 and runs through Sunday, February 25. An artist’s reception is scheduled for Saturday, January 13 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

* (c) Faith Ringgold, Courtesy ACA Galleries, New York This image is solely for promotional and educational purchases for your exhibition. Permission from ARS must be granted for any other usage.

The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present North Shore/South Shore,a two-person exhibition featuring the photography and paintings of Howard and Linda Beckerman. Despite their differences in medium, the works reflect the scenic imagery of the North and South Shores of Long Island. The exhibition is curated by Jay Schuck and is on view at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts from January 7 – February 25, 2018. The exhibition is open to the public during the theatre’s hours of operation.

Howard Beckerman is a Patchogue-based composer, lyricist, playwright, and photographer. He received an MA in Applied Linguistics from Columbia University and a BA in Linguistics from CUNY Queens College. He and his wife Linda are co-founders of Worldwide Voices, Inc. (www.worldwidevoices.org), a not-for-profit organization that manages projects that support the arts and media programs through creative collaboration with multicultural groups and individuals. Beckerman’s photographs of the Long Island South Shore have been exhibited locally with select exhibitions at Artspace Patchogue and the Patchogue Arts Council Gallery.

Linda Beckerman is a multi-disciplinary artist, currently living in Patchogue, NY. She received an MFA in Painting from Rochester Institute of Technology and a BA in Studio Art from CUNY Queens College. She and her husband Howard are co-founders of Heartworks International, Inc., an arts, media, and language education company (www.heartworks.com), as well as Worldwide Voices. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout New York, with select exhibitions at the Islip Art Museum, Patchogue Arts Council Gallery, and the Metropolitan Art Center in Rochester.

Now on display at Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Co. is Colors Thru Time, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of Ted Stamatelos. The exhibition features unique mixed media and glass pieces that re-examine archetypal sculptures in a new, contemporary light.

In his series of work, also titled Colors Thru Time, Stamatelos appropriates and manipulates classical imagery. The majority of the works on display depict classical Greco-Roman sculpture. He crops the photographs and drawings of these classical works, removing them from their settings. Stamatelos places his subject matter into fields of color that he creates through multiple layers of colored ink stains, dripped on Plexiglas. This artistic process is part intentional and part happenstance. Stamatelos chooses the color of inks he uses, but cannot control how they drip or stain the Plexiglas. This can lead to colors blending into one another or colors pooling is parts of the composition while leaving other sections relatively untouched.

Representative of the exhibition is Colors Thru Time #1. The work features, assumingly, a Greco-Roman bust or a sculpture inspired by antiquity. The bust sculpture is echoed and overlapped on top of itself, mimicking diplopia or double-vision. The artist blends complimentary colors such as yellow and purple throughout the composition with sections of orange and violet peppered on the outskirts of the picture plane. Stamatelos brings his classical subject matter to the outer edges of abstraction through a series of overlapping imagery and color theory.

Ted Stamatelos is a fine artist from Long Island, NY. He has been an accomplished art therapist since 1976, directing art programs for the developmentally delayed at the Western Carolina Center. He began painting full-time in 2007 and has numerous exhibitions throughout Long Island and in Manhattan.

Colors Thru Time #1, 2016

The Patchogue Arts Council (PAC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in 2008 to promote, encourage, and support the arts on the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council and Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Company created the PAC Members Gallery at Roast in the summer of 2013 as an alternative exhibition venue where PAC members can exhibit their artwork. In addition to exhibiting artwork and brewing award-winning coffee, Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Co. hosts a monthly poetry night on the first Saturday of every month.

Colors Thru Time, featuring the artwork of Ted Stamatelos, is on display at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. now through January 7, 2018. A reception will be held on Sunday, December 3, from 2 – 4 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.

The Patchogue Arts Council is proud to present Outside In: Unique Perspectives of Architecture, a group exhibition curated by John Cino. The exhibition features the artwork of Jasna Boudard, Heejung Cho, Linda Ganjian, Ray Germann, Maxine Landau and Gary Sczerbaniewcz. The exhibition is on view at the Patchogue Arts Gallery from November 11 to December 30, 2017, with an opening reception on Saturday, November 11, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM.

Outside In: Unique Perspectives of Architecture explores various ways in which artists use architecture as a subject. Two- and three-dimensional works will be on exhibit in photography, painting, mixed media, and sculpture.

ABOUT THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL – The Patchogue Arts Council was formed to encourage, support, and promote the arts while aiding in the revitalization and sustainability of the community. The Patchogue Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose focus is to serve the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council is located at 20 Terry St., Suite 116, Patchogue NY and is open Thursdays and Fridays, 2:00 – 7:30 PM, Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 – 5:00 PM. For more information visit www.patchoguearts.org, call 631-627-8686, or email info@patchoguearts.org.

The theme of the exhibition is dystopia, an imagined place where everything is degraded, and is part of the A Toast to the Arts: Patchogue Arts Council Founders Gala. The two-tier event begins at the Patchogue Arts Gallery on Thursday, October 26, at 7:00 PM and moves across the street to Toast Coffeehouse at 8:30 PM. The theme of the Founders Gala is based on Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s 1927 epic German Expressionist sci-fi film drama. The Founders Gala is also based on the Cubism, Futurism and Bauhaus art movements. The gala will highlight PAC programing and festivities will include items available for auction, creative raffles, photo-op fun and wine paired with delectable bites. All work on exhibit is for sale with 50% of the proceeds will go to benefit the programming of the Patchogue Arts Council.

ABOUT THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL –The Patchogue Arts Council was formed to encourage, support, and promote the arts while aiding in the revitalization and sustainability of the community. The Patchogue Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose focus is to serve the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council is located at 20 Terry St., Suite 116, Patchogue NY. For more information visit www.patchoguearts.org, call 631-627-8686, or email info@patchoguearts.org.

Now on display at Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Co. is Abstract Reflections, a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of JoAnne Dumas. The exhibition features select abstract photographs, mounted on panel, of the various Long Island seascapes.

In her artwork, Dumas attempts to capture the ever-changing lights that reflect off the surfaces of different bodies of water. She explores the many shores of Long Island with her camera, before returning to the studio to edit and manipulate the images. The artist finds an endless variety of shapes, patterns, colors, and translucencies that are created by the interplay between light and water. Many of her finished pieces are presented without a frame. This allows them to hang as if they are floating in the exhibition space.

One such work in the exhibition is Silver and Blue #13. Despite it’s abstract, metallic appearance, the work is representative of one of Long Island’s many bodies of water. The rhythmic ebbing and flowing of the cool blue water reflect the sun’s rays that are representative in the brilliant yellows that appears through the composition. On the left-hand side of the piece, just above the central axis, appears to be a disturbance in the water. A ripple-like blemish, probably cased by a dropped object into the water, disrupts the otherwise tranquil scene. On the right-hand side of the photograph are pale, pink and tan reflections of what could be a boat or seaside building. The colors remind the viewer of a late afternoon sunset, sitting on the docks, watching the light dance off the water’s surface.

Another, larger work in the exhibition is Earth Tones #2. As the title suggests, the piece is a splendid display of earth tones. Forest green, brown, pale blue, gray and white blend together in an abstract arrangement. On first glance, it may be difficult to determine the subject matter of the piece. Here, Dumas breaks down the composition and makes the familiar appear unfamiliar. Color, shape and form are the true objects under observation in the piece. As with many works in the exhibition, it is difficult for the viewer to determine a sense of depth within the composition. Many pieces on display appear two-dimensional, as if the photograph was taken directly above the body of water. By concealing the space within the image, the artist brings the viewer’s attention to the abstract qualities of her work.

JoAnne Dumas is a fine artist who lives and works on Long Island, NY. She received her Bachelor and Master degrees from the Pratt Institute in New York City. Dumas previously taught visual arts at SUNY Suffolk County Community College. Her artwork has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout New York. She has been the recipient of New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) grants, and has participated in several international artist residencies and symposiums.

The Patchogue Arts Council (PAC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in 2008 to promote, encourage, and support the arts on the greater south shore of the Town of Brookhaven. The Patchogue Arts Council and Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Company created the PAC Members Gallery at Roast in the summer of 2013 as an alternative exhibition venue where PAC members can exhibit their artwork. In addition to exhibiting artwork and brewing award-winning coffee, Roast Coffee and Tea Trading Co. hosts a monthly poetry night on the first Saturday of every month.

Abstract Reflections, featuring the artwork of JoAnne Dumas, is on display at Roast Coffee & Tea Trading Co. from September 24 to November 12, 2017. A reception will be held on Sunday, October 1, from 2 – 4 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.

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